Besard Sabovic
Besard Sabovic (Macedonian: Бесард Шабовиќ, Albanian: Besard Shaboviq or Besard Ferri; born 5 January 1998) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a centre midfielder for Mjällby. He previously represented Sweden at youth international level.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Besard Sabovic | ||
Date of birth | 5 January 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Skopje, Macedonia[1] | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position(s) | Centre midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Mjällby | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Youth career | |||
2003–2015 | Brommapojkarna | ||
2015–2016 | Djurgården | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2020 | Djurgården | 10 | (1) |
2017 | → Brommapojkarna (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2019 | → Dalkurd (loan) | 27 | (5) |
2020– | Mjällby | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2014 | Sweden U17 | 3 | (0) |
2016 | Sweden U18 | 4 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Sweden U19 | 7 | (0) |
2019– | North Macedonia U21 | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2019 |
Club career
Early career
Sabovic started out playing for Brommapojkarna at age five. He took part in the TV4-show called Fotbollsfabriken (The Football Factory), which plotted the best 15-years old players in the Brommapojkarna's academy.
Djurgården
Youth
On 18 February 2015, Sabovic joined with Djurgården, on a three-year under-21 contract.[2]
Senior
On 12 January 2016, Sabovic was promoted to the first team and signed a four-year contract.[3] On 24 April 2016, he made his debut in a 1–0 away defeat against Malmö after coming on as a substitute at 77th minute in place of Alexander Faltsetas.[4]
Return to Brommapojkarna as loan
On 24 March 2017, Sabovic returned to Superettan side Brommapojkarna, on a season-long loan.[5] On 1 April 2017, he made his debut in a 0–0 away draw against Dalkurd after coming on as a substitute at 89th minute in place of Markus Gustafsson.
Loan at Dalkurd
On 29 March 2019, Sabovic joined Superettan side Dalkurd, on a season-long loan with the opportunity to playing for Djurgårdens during the loan spell also.[6] On 7 April 2019, he made his debut in a 0–4 home defeat against the former club Brommapojkarna after being named in the starting line-up.
On 1 July 2019, Sabovic was called up for a game for Djurgårdens against Kalmar FF, where he was subbed in for the last few minutes.[7]
International career
North Macedonia
Under-21
On 14 March 2019, Sabovic was named as part of the North Macedonia U21 squad for 2019 Antalya Cup.[8] On 22 March 2019, he made his debut with North Macedonia U21 in a match against Ukraine U21 after coming on as a substitute at 62nd minute in place of Jani Atanasov.[9]
Personal life
Sabovic was born in Skopje, Macedonia to Albanian parents, respectively the father from Plav, Montenegro and the mother from Medveđa, Serbia and he is the great-grandson of the member of the nationalist Albanian League of Prizren, Jakup Ferri.[1]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 3 November 2019[10]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Djurgården | 2015 | Allsvenskan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2016 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | |||||
2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
Total | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | |||
Brommapojkarna (loan) | 2017 | Superettan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
Dalkurd (loan) | 2019 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 5 | ||||
Total | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 33 | 5 | |||||
Career total | 43 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 44 | 6 |
Honours
References
- "Zgjodhi Maqedoninë në vend të Shqipërisë, i bie pishman apo te Maqedonia nuk e duan me?" [Chose Macedonia instead of Albania, repented or to Macedonia they no longer want?]. Fussball Albanien (in Albanian). 31 May 2019.
Besard Sabovic (Ferri) i lindur ne Shkup, por me babain nga Plava dhe nenen nga Medvegja luan per Djurgadens IF ne Suedi ku po ben paraqitje te mira. Mesfushori 21 vjecar ka luajtur me moshat e Suedise deri ne U19, por thonte se kishte deshire te luante per Shqiperine dhe hiqej si patriot dhe krenohej me faktin se eshte pasardhes i Jakup Ferrit
- "Besard Sabovic klar för Djurgården" [Besard Sabovic ready for Djurgården] (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. 18 February 2015. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015.
- "Besard Sabovic tar klivet upp i A-truppen" [Besard Sabovic takes the step up the first squad] (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 17 January 2016.
- "Tung uddamålsförlust mot MFF" [Heavy loss of power against MFF] (in Swedish). Djurgårdens IF. 24 April 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016.
Kenneth Höie; Tim Björkström, Marcus Hansson, Omar Colley, Elliot Käck; Stefan Karlsson (Moon, 74), Alexander Faltsetas (Sabovic, 77), Kevin Walker, Daniel Berntsen; Mathias Ranégie (Olunga, 31), Sam Johnson
- "Officiellt: BP lånar hem Sabovic från Djurgården" [Official: BP lends home Sabovic from Djurgården] (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen Europa. 24 March 2017.
- "Välkommen till Dalkurd, Besard Sabovic" [Welcome to Dalkurd, Besard Sabovic] (in Swedish). Dalkurd FF. 29 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- Sena mål sänkte KFF – ”Ett enormt tryck”, expressen.se, 1 July 2019
- "Македонија до 21 година: Благоја Милевски го објави списокот на фудалери за турнирот во Турција" [Blagoja Milevski has published the list of footballers for the tournament in Turkey] (in Macedonian). Football Federation of Macedonia. 14 March 2019.
- "Македонија до 21 година поразена од Украина на Анталија куп во Турција" [Macedonia U21 defeated by Ukraine in the Antalya Cup in Turkey] (in Macedonian). Football Federation of Macedonia. 22 March 2019.
- Besard Sabovic at Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
External links
- Besard Sabovic at SvFF (in Swedish) (archive)
- Besard Sabovic national team profile at SvFF (in Swedish) (archive)
- Besard Sabovic at Soccerway